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Sources: Microsoft offered to pay $55B for Salesforce, but Marc Benioff wanted $70B; talks ended in early May — Microsoft, Salesforce talks fizzled over price: Sources — Microsoft and Salesforce.com had significant talks earlier this spring about a purchase of Salesforce by Microsoft …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 to bring quality focus, smaller apps, legacy iPhone/iPad support, and better security with new Trusted Wi-Fi and Rootless features — iOS 9 & OS X 10.11 to bring ‘quality’ focus, smaller apps, Rootless security, legacy iPhone/iPad support
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon sends out invites to Etsy sellers for new “Handmade” marketplace — Amazon Targets Etsy With ‘Handmade’ Marketplace — E-commerce giant sends invite to Etsy sellers touting handcrafted-goods marketplace — Having vanquished scores of brick-and-mortar retailers, Amazon.com Inc. has a new target: Etsy Inc.
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Senate blocks USA Freedom Act and extensions to key provisions of Patriot Act, will reconvene May 31, just hours before expiration — Senate blocks extension of Patriot Act provisions — WASHINGTON - Three key sections of the Patriot Act are set to expire on June 1 unless the Senate resolves … | Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed: |
Florida Agency Classifies Uber Driver As Employee, Says He Is Eligible For Unemployment — The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity says former Uber driver Darrin McGillis was an employee of the company — not an independent contractor. — BuzzFeed News
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New OneNote plug-ins include Wordpress for turning notes into blog posts, Equil for organizing digital-pen notes, and cloudHQ for syncing to 3rd party services — OneNote welcomes three new partners—cloudHQ, Equil and WordPress — Just over a year ago we launched the OneNote partner ecosystem … | Re/code: |
Sources: Snapchat is investing in maker of shopping app Spring — Snapchat Is Investing in Shopping App Spring — Another day, another messaging app that wants to explore e-commerce. — Snapchat, the popular messaging app that is also dabbling in media, is investing in the maker of Spring …
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| Brad Sams / Neowin: |
Leaked app shows Microsoft testing Office Now personal assistant, expected to come to iOS, Windows, and Android — Office Now: Microsoft's Office personal assistant coming to iOS, Android and Windows — Three months ago, during a Reddit AMA, Bill Gates said that he was working … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Food delivery startup Munchery closing $85M funding round led by SherpaVentures and Menlo Ventures that would value it at $300M — Munchery Valued at About $300 Million Amid Food Fight — Munchery is the latest food-delivery startup to raise cash from hungry venture capitalists.
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Spy summit attended by Apple, Google, Vodafone, head of GCHQ, other intel notables tackled questions like “Are we being misled by the term ‘mass surveillance’?” — Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion
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Oculus founder Palmer Lucky sued by former employer Total Recall Technologies for allegedly using confidential info from 2011-2012 job to build Oculus Rift — Founder of Facebook's Oculus hit with lawsuit — The founder of virtual reality glasses maker Oculus VR Inc …
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| Nina Strochlic / The Daily Beast: |
Uber is dodging compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act by claiming it's a technology company, not a transportation service — Uber: Disability Laws Don't Apply to Us — Is Uber letting its drivers dodge The Americans With Disabilities Act? — Sometimes it slips Kristin Parisi's mind that she's disabled.Sponsor Posts
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